01 September 2005

SCHOOOOOOOOOOL

I was too nervouse to fall asleep last night.

Because the orientation of the program starts at 9am, I get up at 6am this morning. I get on the bus from a bus stop near my house. I change to C-train and to bus again. In my assumption, it would take 2 hours, but it actually takes about an hour and quarter. It is far better than when I took GO bus and TTC from Brampton to Centennial College campus near Greektown.

I arrive at school at about 8:30am. There are students everywhere already in the large school building. I remember there is a Tim Horton's on campus, I buy a cup of coffee there and try to find a room where the orientation will be held. It takes quite while to find a room since I am not familiar with the campus yet. When I get there, it is already full of first-year and second-year students. It is still female-centred occupation. Over 90 percents of people are women. I am a little overwhelmed by the fact but try not to flinch and find a seat.

It was a great informative orientation. I can feel their efforts to be supportive to their students. I talk to some of the instructors, so my nervousness gets a little ease. One of the instructors call me a "brave guy." There are two male students in the second-year, but I seem to be only male student in the first-year. There are only four mature students including me. Immigrants are a Philipino women who used to be a biologist and me. The rest of the students is newly-graduated-from-high-school girl from Calgary, B.C., and Ontario. Girls, girls, girls! They are they, I am I! Ganbaruzo! LOL

The new stage just start and there is no reset button.

I deal with my student loan stuff and validate my student card for the gym on campus. I will go to the gym and work out hard tomorrow. I haven't been to the gym at all for two weeks since my membership with Talisman expired.

2 comments:

Mark said...

I think that in some ways being a student is very frightening, but also very fun. I found when i returned to student life that it is hard because work, no matter what kind of work, doesn't require you to think as hard or as critically as school does. But that is also the good part, because you use your brain more than anything else.

The good side is that you have a real life, with real responsibilities, so when you go back as a mature student, you work harder. But it's easier, because you know what it's like to work 8 hours a day, so 4 hours of school classes is easy.

Ganbatte Ken-chan!!!

Heipel said...

Congrats! Back to school is great! Try to keep your hands off all the women!!!

steve